Based on the evidence of pilgrimage texts, a standardized route connected the principal sites of
Christian Jerusalem during the Late Byzantine and Early Islamic periods. Previewing his forthcoming book, Walking the Jerusalem Circuit (Cascade Books), Rodney will discuss the sources, route, and stations of the pilgrim circuit of pre-Crusader Jerusalem. Following the route that Christian pilgrims took through the Holy City centuries ago, the purpose of the book - and the focus of the presentation - is to resource a modern iteration of the ancient practice.
Rodney Aist is the Course Director at St George's College, Jerusalem. A scholar of Christian pilgrimage past and present, Rodney has a specialty in Holy Land pilgrimage before the Crusades. He is an ordained Methodist minister.